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BROWN, M. & RUSHMER, T. (eds) 2006. Evolution and Differentiation of the Continental Crust.

vii + 553 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £80.00, US $140.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 521 78237 6.

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This is a substantial book of 553 pages, divided into 14 chapters that are a mixture of overviews and more detailed studies of particular areas and/or geological processes. In their introduction (Chapter 1), the editors stress secular evolution and pose three fundamental questions: (i) how was crust extracted from the mantle, has it changed over time and was it continuous or episodic?; (ii) how much crust went back into the mantle, by what mechanism, and what is the resultant net rate of growth through time?; and (iii) stable continental crust consists of upper, middle and lower crust and lithospheric mantle: how has the crust differentiated, has the mechanism changed over time, and what are the consequences for the Moho? The reader is asked to keep in mind whilst reading the book (a) are arcs and/or ocean plateaux the seeds of the continents and how have they changed over time . . . [Full Text of this Article]